Classic route
Borders Railway
Edinburgh → Tweedbank · Scotland
- Distance
- 56 km
- Fastest time
- ≈ 55 min
- Top speed
- 145 km/h
- Operator
- ScotRail
- Train
- ScotRail Class 158
- Countries
- Scotland
- In service since
- 2015
Page last updated 2026-07-19 · figures are published values, not live data · corrections log
The Waverley Route reborn: Britain’s longest railway reopening in a century (2015), winding out of Edinburgh to Walter Scott’s Abbotsford.
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